NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13672, 13 February 1908, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Moxowax due from the South. ' Manapouridue from the Eastern Pacific. v . Fa™ l ** B in New I* lvmoutb - complain that the milk yield has fallen by half. -The "Dominion Day" medals are to be ', ' presented to school children next month. .The Hawera County Council has decided to exempt milk carts from payment of toll?. ' The issue of money orders and the forwarding of postal correspondence for the International Collection Agency, Sydney, is forbidden by Gazette notice, t ;,A! "conference of delegates from the North Ganterpury* South Canterbury, and Ashburton',', Hospital Boards to discuss > the maintenance of the consumptive sanatorium, ; is to be held in Christchurch. v It was generally thought,, that sheep would be rather low in price at the late fair at Ohaupo, owing to the shortage of feed, but it -is stated that they kept up, a ,' line of two-tooth ewes bringing 21s. In consequence of the continued dry weather the rivers in the Hawers district are : becoming very low. One small stream off the Smart Road, which has been running for ■ the past 30 years, is now totally dry. The price of milk is 4d a quart. Since the beginning of the present year typhoid has been very prevalent throughout the metropolitan district of Sydney, and considerable strain has consequentlv been ' placed" on the accommodation of the various hospitals. -It is thought that the extended period of drv weather has been, largely responsible for the unusually heavy list of patients. * ■■: i'-..:'.-. : . ',' Racial feeling runs high in Carterton. At'a recent volunteer meeting a townsman of foreign birth—-a representative of a race of classic antiquity— proposed • and seconded -as an honorary member; of the Carterton corps. On the nomination, being put to the vote a chorus of " Noes" drowned the small minority of the affirma- , tivea. An instance of the omissions that are ■ made *in the hurried legislation of recent New Zealand Parliaments lias cropped up in the clauses of the Shops Act relating to hotel employees. It appears* that, while the day employeea must receive a weekly half-holiday, the night porter has been overlooked. Whether he is entitled to a holiday by analogy is a question that. is now being inquired into.